§ 168.661Division or rearrangement of precincts; notices; expenses; time limitations on

division of precincts; division of precincts following federal census; determining number
 of registered electors.
 Sec. 661.
    (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), city and township election commissions shall
 divide precincts according to law, not later than 210 days before the primary next preceding
 the general November election, and shall immediately notify the county clerk of the number of
 registered electors in each precinct in the city or township. The county clerk shall notify the
 secretary of state not later than 200 days before the primary of a precinct in the clerk's county
 that has not been divided according to law, and the secretary of state shall proceed to make
 divisions as are necessary at the expense of the city or township involved, not later than 180


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 days before the primary next preceding the general November election. A division of precincts
 must be made effective not later than 180 days before the primary election next preceding the
 general November election.
    (2) In the second year following each federal decennial census, precincts must be divided
 under this subsection. City and township election commissions shall divide precincts not later
 than 120 days before the primary election next preceding the general November election in
 order that a precinct, as far as is practical, is not split between districts and does not exceed
 4,999 registered electors, and shall immediately notify the county clerk of the number of
 registered electors in each precinct in each city or township. The county clerk shall notify the
 secretary of state not later than 110 days before the primary of any precincts in the county that
 have not been divided, and the secretary of state shall proceed to make the divisions as are
 necessary, at the expense of the city or township involved, not later than 90 days before the
 primary election next preceding the general November election. The division of precincts must
 be made effective not later than 90 days before the primary election. The secretary of state
 may authorize, on written request by a city or township election commission, a later division
 of a precinct that contains portions of more than 1 elective district. All precinct divisions must
 be completed not later than 90 days before the primary election next preceding the general
 November election. In determining the number of registered voters for a precinct under this
 subsection, a city or township election commission or the secretary of state, as applicable,
 must use only the active registered electors for that city or township.